The European Union has assisted Ukraine with reforms and will continue to do so. However, for these changes to be successful, political will is required, not just the resources of international donors. Statements about a pro-European direction that are not backed up by action will not be enough.

Much more time should have been invested into the discussing and voting of the draft law on the judicial reform in the first and the second readings. That means investing more time in detailed discussion and incorporation of the changes and suggestions aimed at implementing the judicial reform, not destroying it

At first sight, Poroshenko’s state visit to Malaysia and Indonesia looks odd. It is only the active Russian propaganda that rushed to devalue this particular visit that indicates some serious ‘subsurface part of the iceberg.’ However, those who know how to read between the lines can understand more from this short report

We collected the top-5 schemes used by Ukrainian sports officials to embezzle money from the state budget. All the schemes were already uncovered by the Ukrainian law enforcement, they all can be found in the Unified State Register of the Court Decisions

As I already wrote a number of times: it’s easy to discuss unity. One might say such discussions became very popular now, even among politicians. Yet we, the humble followers of the Church, realize that its unity is God’s providence and that is why it should be approached by thinking in religious terms. Unity of the Church is not something we can encompass with our human efforts

Mothers are a group of young professionals, and children are the future of our country that we are turning a blind eye to. Nobody really believed that smoking would ever be banned in Ukrainian cafes. But it worked.

‘The civic pixel’ is a symbiosis of psychology and art that allowed 227 project participants to overcome their acute war traumas. The project consists of six months of sessions attended by psychologists, ATO veterans and their families and Kharkiv independent theater named Prekrasnye Tsvety

The deoligarchization project that was announced in Spring 2015 turned out to be a fiasco. Now Petro Poroshenko is starting to behave like a typical Ukrainian president — he is building a clan that should become his financial basis with a political backbone that guarantees long-term access to political power

The failed coup in Turkey stirred the Ukrainian community of political analysts and raised talk and fear of a military coup in Ukraine for several days. Some speak of an inevitable and bloody overthrow of power, others assure — there isn’t anyone who could stage a coup.

The conflict between Russia and Ukraine, including the confrontation in Donbas and occupation of Crimea, could last for years. In the long-term perspective it means that military challenges will remain, and Ukraine, whether it wants it or not, will militarize

The Ukrainian Government has a positive frame of mind for the first time in recent years. At least you can say this looking at the economic forecast for 2017 published by the Ministry of Finance in late June

The United Nations World Population Prospects data ranks Ukraine in the top-3 of the countries that are dying out. We need to act now. In the long term these changes will bring about a healthcare system that cares for patients. But short term, urgent improvements should be implemented in parallel with the long term strategy.

We must realize that the Army depends on civic society, not vice versa. That is why Ukrainians should not wait until their Army changes and is ready to protect them. It is the task of the people to consolidate and give the necessary momentum to the changes.

Is there a global model emerging to break the cycle of impunity for corruption that could be used in Ukraine? This was what I wanted to assess when I visited Ukraine last month in my capacity as chair of Transparency International, the global anti-corruption movement

The new formula means that all customers now have to pay an increased electrical energy tariff because of the higher “Rotterdam” price of the coal. The proposed changes caused an animated discussion among experts. Why do we use Rotterdam? How is the new formula related to the Ukrainian market?

In the information age, changes of opinion happen very quickly. We already hear some experts today saying that Ukraine should go back to the market of the Eurasian Union. It seems to me that this is a very dangerous trend which may as well be considered an element of hybrid war

The Constitutional Court is now considering whether certain provisions of the Lustration Law abide by the Constitution. It is easy to manipulate public opinion when people don’t read the text of the laws. To answer who is to blame for the failure of lustration, it is necessary to examine it.

The performance of Potomac Fever, the LGBT choir advocating for human rights (yes, that is correct!), at the opening ceremony of America Days in Lviv sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine gathered not only local human rights activists, but also local authorities and representatives of the Greek Catholic church